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before she flew away to seattle
today, sarah
lived in a converted loft next to this rental lot
with 6 cats--Lulu, Mumu, Sumi, Gwen, Flip, and
Spleaky--who romped over the space's 5,000 sq ft
a block from the pungent Gowanus Canal, from her
roof we'd watch the illuminated F undulate like
a caterpillar past the columns of the elevated,
treading lightly so's not to knock the plaster
from the ceiling at our feet
yesterday was a weary back-to-work
morning after hot night of little sleep and much
itching thanks to infestation of felines' fleas
whose bites covered our knees and feet
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